About the program and its main topics
The Master of Library and Information Science program is an educational, training and research program that aims to provide advanced knowledge and skills in the field to contribute to providing human resources at a high level of knowledge and applied skills in the fields of information science such as organizing information and its sources and managing information resources and services systems, in addition to the knowledge necessary to employ information and communication technology to provide information and knowledge services at an advanced level to serve the changing needs of information users in Jordan and the entire Arab world. To form a knowledge, educational, and research environment that promotes the principles and values of initiative, participation, transparency, creativity, respect for the values of work and time, and keep pace with the rapid developments in the meaning of information in line with the mission of the college and the university. The program provides advanced and specialized in the fields of organizing information sources and the technical processes necessary to organize them, such as objective analysis and advanced classification, as well as special topics in the field of scientific research and its procedures. In addition, the program offers advanced topics related to information and communication technology such as building and managing databases, information storage and retrieval systems, information networks, and other important technological topics in the fields and applications of libraries and information centers.
Program Vision
The vision of the program is in line with the vision of the department, the college and the university to classify the department globally as a distinguished department in information science that works to root the culture of excellence, leadership, creativity and research among its students.
Program Mission
It is represented in providing educational, training and research programs that contribute to providing high-level human resources to manage information resources and services systems in Jordan and the Arab world, and works to form a knowledge, educational and research environment that promotes the principles and values of initiative, participation, transparency, creativity, respect for the values of work and time, and keeping pace with the rapid developments in the meaning of information in line with the mission of the college and the university.
Program Objectives
1. Preparing specialists with a high level of knowledge and skill to work in the field of libraries and information.
2. Providing students with the necessary skills and competencies to manage information institutions of all kinds. Providing learners with the necessary skills to technically process information sources in the electronic environment.
4. Providing students with advanced information technology applications in information institutions.
5. Providing learners with the necessary skills and information to provide information services in the digital environment.
6. Increasing the awareness of learners about the current trends and developments in library and information science.
7. Providing students with research skills, methods, and methods in library and information science.